Category: Project 21

Jim Crow's New Face, by La Shawn Barber

Jim Crow’s New Face, by La Shawn Barber

New Visions Commentary /
Legal segregation of the races is an embarrassing part of America's history. Called Jim Crow after a black character from an 1840s minstrel show, the laws prescribed separate facilities for blacks and whites from around 1865 until the 1960s. "Separate ...
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Why "Buffalo Soldiers"? by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

Why “Buffalo Soldiers”? by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

New Visions Commentary /
I was invited to review a recently released movie titled "Buffalo Soldiers," a movie previously released in Europe under the title "Army Go Home." It's about corrupt and incompetent American servicemen in Germany in the late 1980s. My invitation to ...
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America has Apologized, by Mychal Massie

America has Apologized, by Mychal Massie

New Visions Commentary /
The United States didn't invent slavery. While it is historical fact that certain regions participated in and benefited from slavery, it should also be pointed out that America had the good sense to eliminate slavery and emancipate its slaves - ...
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How Losing the Race Changed My Life, by Darryn "Dutch" Martin

How Losing the Race Changed My Life, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

New Visions Commentary /
As one of her six children, the greatest gift I received from my dear, now-departed mother was an appreciation of the value of an education. This appreciation helped me rise from our poor surroundings in inner city Cleveland to become ...
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Liberia: Let's Sit This One Out by Kimberley Wilson

Liberia: Let’s Sit This One Out by Kimberley Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
President Bush is being pressured by the world and many American groups to send U.S. troops to Liberia as peacekeepers. Their well-intentioned argument is that Liberia desperately needs to be saved. That much is true. The tiny country of Liberia ...
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Breaking the Mold: Herman Cain and the Rise of Black Conservatives, by Matthew Craig

Breaking the Mold: Herman Cain and the Rise of Black Conservatives, by Matthew Craig

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published August 2003 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Herman Cain has risen ...
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Affirmative Action Hurts Historically Black Colleges and Universities, by Sean Turner

Affirmative Action Hurts Historically Black Colleges and Universities, by Sean Turner

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published August 2003 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Morris Brown College in ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives React to Inglewood Police Brutality Verdict - July 2003

Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives React to Inglewood Police Brutality Verdict – July 2003

Press Release /
Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are encouraged by the peaceful night in the Los Angeles area and elsewhere following yesterday's hung jury verdict in the trial of a former Inglewood, California police officer who was charged with ...
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Black Group Glad NASCAR Cut Ties With Jesse Jackson: Racing Organization Can Continue Minority Outreach, But It Doesn't Need to Pay Jackson

Black Group Glad NASCAR Cut Ties With Jesse Jackson: Racing Organization Can Continue Minority Outreach, But It Doesn’t Need to Pay Jackson

Press Release /
NASCAR has severed its financial ties to the Reverend Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, ending what members of the African-American leadership network considered little more than a shakedown of the professional auto-racing organization. Project 21 members encourage NASCAR to ...
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Black Group Demands Miramax/Disney Rename Film; Use of "Buffalo Soldiers" Name Disrespects Achievements of Famed Black Regiments

Black Group Demands Miramax/Disney Rename Film; Use of “Buffalo Soldiers” Name Disrespects Achievements of Famed Black Regiments

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Citing racial insensitivity and the inappropriateness in using the name of a highly-decorated group of black servicemen in a portrayal of corrupt soldiers, members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are demanding that the Miramax Film Corporation and its ...
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Project 21, a leading voice of black conservatives for over 25 years, is sponsored by the National Center for Public Policy Research. Its members have been quoted, interviewed or published over 40,000 times since the program was created in 1992. Contributions to the National Center are tax-deductible and greatly appreciated, and may be earmarked exclusively for the use of Project 21.